A384567 Consecutive states of the linear congruential pseudo-random number generator for the Atari ST when started at 1.

1, 3141592622, 1588972055, 1279602700, 1481914909, 3913565466, 2610266515, 1903286488, 936717817, 3104230086, 4091513039, 469042788, 2999973781, 54420274, 4053162955, 3383133360, 3380310769, 456637022, 465319559, 936566716, 2283027469, 2613197898, 63902979

Offset: 1

Author

Sean A. Irvine, Jun 03 2025

Keywords

• nonn
• easy

Comments

Periodic with period 2^32.

References

• Megamax Inc., Laser C: C Language Development System, Atari ST, 1988 (see p. 514).

Links

• Sean A. Irvine, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
• B. D. Ripley, Thoughts on pseudorandom number generators, J of Computational and Applied Mathematics, 31, 1 (1990), 153-163.
• Index entries for sequences related to pseudo-random numbers.

Crossrefs

Cf. A096550-A096561 (other pseudo-random number generators).

Programs

Mathematica

NestList[Mod[3141592621*# + 1, 2^32] &, 1, 50] (* Paolo Xausa, Jun 05 2025 *)

Formula

a(n) = (3141592621 * a(n-1) + 1) mod 2^32.